Dookie

C'était nice. Je trouve que Green Day ça vieillit mal, ça devient un peu kitsch, mais perso j'aime bien 4/5

Generational bangers, talent and album! Funny story but Dookie literally changed my life. Growing up, I loved music... shocker, I know. My family listened to a heavy diet Fox97, 96Rock and Z93 plus their favorites, so knew all the oldies and most classic rock. I get to 7th grade and start going to PJHS with all these other kids. We have a lock in one night at the church and spend all night playing games & hanging out. My friend Lynn's singing along to a CD so ask what it is and say I've never heard of them... "WHAT?!? You don't know Dookie?!?" Haha. Called out. I realized I didn't know new music & went on a mission to learn it. Been the same way ever since!

Mega - die Musik meiner Jugend. Wer "Basket Case" und "When I come around" verpasst hat - unbedingt rein hören! 5/5

will happily listen to this :3! i love green day but i don’t think i’ve ever listened to this album fully. i have it on cd though. i remember covering longview in college having to sing about masturbating for three minutes brev. ok finished solid album didn’t change my life but that’s ok

Seems to have gotten more fun as it's aged. The singles off this album are still classics.

Claasic

Some good classics from my youth, but the production did not age well.

2-3 classics but repetitive.

10/10

i enjoyed it lots of classics and a good length and story carried throughout overall just angst and vibes

Biased because this was one my fave albums in my uni days. But whatever, I have to give it 5 stars because it's Dookie. Faves: Burnout, Longview, Welcome To Paradise, Basket Case, She

Suffered through the Green Day craze when it happened. Hard pass.

Very much enjoyed this taste of Green Day, takes me back a few years, I do like their energy, and meanings in songs, on top form here too.

Surely had its part in starting the punk comeback in the 90s. Nice album.

1 star for nostalgia, 3 for the kickass album it is.

this is my first punk rock album i’ve ever listened to so i don’t feel quite as qualified to review this but this was a pretty decent album. the rock genre in general i’m not a very big fan of but i genuinely liked a few songs here. my biggest complaint however would be the sameness of it all. a lot of the tracks i found very similar to others and it kinda ruined it for me. lots of good stuff tho!

I hadn't listened to this album in its entirety before, glad I am now. Basket case is always a jam. Favorite I hadn't heard before: Emenius Sleepus.

No me impresionó demasiado

Very good album.

I've never been a big Green Day fan. Listening to this you can draw a straight line to all the influences the pop-punk bands I hated in high school tried to copy/paste. This is clearly better, but I don't think it's for me. I'm not sure if this is derivative of Stiff Little Fingers, or an evolution. Either way, I don't hate it, but I don't ever foresee myself uttering the phrase "hey, put on some Green Day". That said, "Basket Case" is a nostalgic classic. If I was 13 in 1994, this album would have been my prized possession. Listening this made me dive into their other stuff. They have a lot of hits you forget about. I actually really liked their first record (1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours) because its much less polished.

Great to hear this again, I hadn’t played it all the way through in years. My brief tenure as a Green Day fan began with their previous album, Kerplunk, and ended with this one - not because everything else wasn’t any good, just because these two created the blueprint and I didn’t need to hear them trying to make the same records over and over. This is great fun though - Longview, Paradise, Basket Case and She in particular still stand out as perfect blasts of punky pop.

There was a time when this was almost stuck on my turntable. I'm a fan. Revisiting this was a bit like having a beer with an old friend, I also tried (and probably failed) to listen to it a bit more subjectively - while there were some cries of "sellout" from the punk fraternity I always thought - this is snotty, punky POP music what are you on about? Does it shatter boundaries and genres? - No. Is it a masterclass in infectious pop-punk? Yes. Angst-ridden harmonies and bashing power-chords abound and I completely love it. Still.

There are a thousand sound reasons why this album does not deserve a 5. In fact, before re-listening, I was pretty sure 4 was going to be the rating. But I was immediately reminded that this album surprises me every time I listen to it. As in, my memory of how good it is does not match its actual quality. It's a banger, and it's revolutionary. Revolutionary not only in that it pioneered a much-copied sound that persists to this day, but revolutionary for me personally. Not only was it my introduction to punk, but it also shaped so many of my musical sensibilities. There are moments upon moments in this album that make me think, "Oh, THAT's why I play drums that way," or, "THAT's why I do that on guitar." For that alone, for me, this album deserves a 5. Also, these are just great songs (especially considering they were 20 when they recorded the album), delivered with an infectious energy that makes you want to run through a wall. (Interestingly, though, I find the two back-to-back hits, Longview and Welcome to Paradise, to be the weak point. Def my two least favorite songs here.)

Dookie is a little one note, but a heck of a way to announce yourself to the culture. The hook writing is kind of crazy since some of the “throwaway” songs have pretty good hooks that would have been radio material for other bands. When they occasionally stray from the formula, their results are mixed at best. They got better at that over the years.

I've been a Green Day fan for a long time. Saw them live on the recent tour when they played Dookie and American Idiot through, so now we've covered both in this list. I think this is a good pairing with American Idiot: this being more singles-focused, AI more thematic. On this album, Longview and She are the standouts for me, but I like it all.

4/5 - Probably not a truer 4 on this list yet for me. I enjoy it. It belongs on this list. It had a huge cultural impact on radio music for mostly worse, but impact nonetheless. It just lacks any personal connection or emotion where I'm psyched to hear any of these songs anymore. That said, there's hardly a weak spot on the whole album til the very end, and it's 38 minutes. Take notes, Red Hot Chili Peppers.

OK

The band is tight. The lyrics were definitely written for a teens to early 20's audience. I can see how this album gave pop-punk a good boost. It's just not my taste.

Burnout - 4/5 Having a Blast - 3.5/5 Chump - 3/5 Longview - 5/5 Welcome to Paradise - 4.5 Pulling Teeth - 3.5/5 Basket Case - 5/5 She - 4.5/5 Sassafras Roots - 3.5/5 When I Come Around - 5/5 Coming Clean - 3.5/5 Emenius Sleepus - 3.5/5 In the End - 3.5/5 F.O.D. - 3.5/5 (All by Myself) - 3 If nostalgia had its way then this would be a 5/5. However, actually listening through the whole thing made realize why I stuck with the singles from this album- everything else kind of just blends in together. The first half there's less of this, but to the untrained ear there really isn't anything distinct musically between songs like Sassafras Roots or Enemius Sleepus or Coming Clean. Granted I'm not that deep into the punk scene so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Despite that I still love the whole thing and would listen to it again back to front. Overall - 4/5 Favorites: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

Is there way to say—respectfully—that Dookie is the bastard child of punk and, well, bubblegum music? The sound is . . . pleasant enough, at least before the repetition drives you mad, but the lyrics are insubstantial. And there’s little real edge. That’s a pretty damning thing to say about a “punk” album, eh?

Not for me.

Such a classic

I already rated this before.

Still holds up to this day, guitar driven rock/pop. Enjoyed it but wouldn’t say it set my world alight.

I think if I heard this album for the first time today, I may not like it. But hell if this doesn't immediately transport me back to those days of awkward preadolescence. I wasn't allowed to listen to them then (too hardcore and crass), but now it's my tiny act of rebellion.

I already listened gang

Great album, super fun pop punk. (5/5)

An iconic album of teenage angst that’s fast, tight, and keeps your engaged. Despite having never listened to this whole album before, I knew over half the tracks just from radio play alone. They’re just that good. They paint a picture of a youth that feels displaced and longing, and I think sentiments like that will always be relatable, making this album feel special for generations to come.

The only good pop punk album. More of an exception to the rule. BJA’s melodies are great.

Highlights - Longview, Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise

Shortish pop album that seemed to last a lot longer than the 38 minutes and 22 seconds that Spotify told me. One big hit halfway through, then back to rather dull fake pop punk. The singer sounds like he has nasal issues. Two stars.

Teehee, Dookie.

4 with an extra point for nostalgia

Welcome to Paradise //

10/10 perfect album My favourite green day album, first introduction to them when I was 13 through basket case and loved them ever since.

The blueprint for 90’s pop punk / power pop. Not a lot of sonic variety, soooooooo? (4.5 but I’m rounding up)

The classic popular songs are still great. The other songs are just..... Other songs. Filler. Skippable

Not bad. A lot of the tracks too similar to each other, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Favourite Track(s): Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise Least Favourite Track(s): All by Myself, Chump

Good album

Never listened to this in it's entirety, and I think it's just short enough to be great for a quick listen and has some absolute classics on here. I don't think this is their BEST but it's pretty close to it.

I haven't heard it before, but I know it's very popular. I don't know, most of the songs sound kind of the same to me. Maybe punk is not really my thing. It is fun, though, and maybe I'll like the album better if I listen more to it. I liked Welcome To Paradise

If this is the music you want to listen to it’s a perfect album. If it’s not then it’s not. Get off your high horses you pretentious punk bastards.

One of Green Day's best.

This set the path for 21st century rock and it's interesting that even today there are artists revisiting this era to re-find this type of sound. From British punk bands to Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day's sound is still influencing a lot. It's good!

Emblematic of the genre. Suffers from Tolkein syndrome as a result, but damn it if it doesn't earn a spot in the hall of fame.

I didn’t know all of these songs, but this was really fun!

Great album. i still listen to it regularly. Dookie made Punk viable again. without it, you would have launched new groups like Offspring, Pennywise, Rancid and gave a second wind to bands like Descendents and Bad Religion. "longview" "she", "pulling teeth", "Basket Case", "having a blast", and "Welcome to Paradise" are my favorites. but i could list ever single song.

This is undoubtedly my favorite punk (although some people u guess don't call it punk) album. So many phenomenal songs on this album. The drums are great. The bass is great. The guitars are great. The singing is great. The lyrics are great. The songwriting is great. Sums up mid-90s angst so well. Right place right time. My first 5 star.

The foundation of early 90’s “Alternative “ rock. No band has been able to replicate their energy and sound. Green Day turned me on to a whole new style of music that has stayed with me for 30 years. In my opinion Dookie is their signature album and springboarded them to in my opinon absolute Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famers. They have several great albums and Dookie is a must have. Basket Case, When I Come Around and an under appreciated Sassafras Root are classics. This album deserves a 4.9 in my books, but it’s getting screwed because we can only vote 1-5!

Twas grand

Pretty much exactly what I thought a Green Day album would sound like, knew a few more songs than I thought

this was a lot of fun to listen to. goktug described rock as sex drugs sleeping around and punk as fuck the system. that was helpful for an illiterate like me. they were happy i liked green day. i think the energy is fun though it’s a bit claustrophobic blasting it in the car, maybe only because im still uncomfy in my skin!

Rockig, Sitimme ist Stimmgi, Lässt mich Mitsingen.

Lot of good songs in this album, gets a bit samey after a while but not enough to drop it further

Really good, prob a 5 but ima let it simmer

if i could give it 3.5 i would. not a bad album at all just not very enticing either. none of the songs make me think omg i have to listen to that over and over again. good guitar.

Iconic album, the 90s' punk yang to grunge's yin. Easy 4. I don't like Billy Joe's voice.

Hit after hit.

Yet another album where it is astonishing that I've never listened to it in full before as it came out when I was a junior in high school playing guitar in bands. Green Day has just never done it for me, but it all makes sense. In fact it seems like this was the most influential rock album of the entire 90s given the number of other bands that followed in the next 10 years?

Dookie is a great album and is largely responsible for the pop-punk revival of the mid to late 90's, bringing good existing punk bands to the forefront (Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX, plus too many others to name) while also inspiring some real shit (Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Sum 41, etc). Green Day themselves have had their ups and downs IMO, but this one is a gem.

Поп-панк никогда особенно не прельщал.

Senza dubbio iconico ma non il più iconico del gruppo Sto ancora aspettando American Idiot

For me Green Day is the pop music of punk/rock. I enjoy listening to them. But they tend to have a lot of "sing-along easy to remember" music. That doesn't make them really great but for me that's fine.

Great album

Really liked it. None of the songs were bad/skips, and the vibe of the whole album was very fun. Never listened to a Green Day album before so I should listen to more. Liked it very much.

The first few tracks had me worried this was going to be a mediocre listen, then I felt the transition of instrumentals from track to track or within the songs themselves and I started appreciating the ideas more. It's not just about the lyrics, the composition can translate as much of the message as the vocals do. A few more listens and you start to internalize and understand those introductory tracks as setting up the bases for the type of story we're going to be experiencing. It's been really well mixed and thought out. I'm not typically a pop punk fan, and that's what this feels like, but on the top shelf of the stuff. Billy Joe's vocals sound like they belong with the sound of the band, and they all step up constantly. It's an easy listen and I could listen to it again. Definitely not gonna listen to these songs outside of the context of an album. Individually, most of this falls short, except a couple standouts like Basket Case. I'm feeling thankful I got to listen to this one. 4.1/5

Green Day helped rewrite the history of punk rock with this album! It is as bombastic as its cover shows!

Enjoyed more than expected.

just a classic I’m sorry

wasn't dookie, but was obviously dookie

Friends hot older brother in the 00s vibes I did not have friends with hot brothers :(

Listenable.

This album is great don’t get me wrong 5/5 but honestly anyone who gives this a 4 or above should really listen to the album before (Kerplunk) because that is brilliant

my review is the title

Quite a decent album. I didn't care for the singles that were released when it first came out, but the album is good.

Still great

Was my favourite album when I was 12, very nostalgic

Brilliant, better than a DeLorean

If you never played one of these songs at a battle of the bands were ye even in a Strabane band? Great album, Welcome To Paradise the best

Class. Nostalgia does some carrying though

*insert gif of captain america ageing rapidly* FUCK I'M OLD Great album, Green Day's best

Det er OK? Billie J. har en særegen stemme, men bortsett fra det, høres det ut som run of the mill punk rock på randen av bikke over i pop punk, men før den forferdelige American Pie pop punken tok over den amerikanske punk-scenen. Bandet har noen låter, Dookie har solid mengde av dem (Basket Case er rettmessig ikonisk), men jeg foretrekker NOFX og Bad Religion. Må trekke frem Pulling Teeth som en skikkelig drittlåt.

Jeg er nok mer fan av rockeopera-Green Day enn de tidlige punkeplatene. "Basket Case" er alltid god S, "When I Come Around" er en slugger, men mesteparten av låtene er kjappe låter som i stor grad ligner på hverandre. Et format Ramones totalt nailer, men jeg syns stemmen til Billie Joe låter litt "død" oppå instrumentene. Håper vi får et gjenhør med American Idiot i denne lista også, sånn jeg husker den så er det en soleklar 5.

Overraskende kult for å være punk! Spøk til side, er dette egentlig punk? Er ikke dette bare poprock? Poppunk er det! Jeg liker egentlig ikke dette, men dette likte jeg!

Only good green day album.

Classic punk. Always loved this one.

Ouvi bem pouco, mas achei legal

Dookie- Green day 3rd studio album Released in 1994 feb 1st Punk rock Great vibes always love Green Day 9/10 Drumming as actuall heat Best songs are chump longview welcome to paradise when I come around and in the end Billie Joe armstrong- vocals and guitar Mike dirnt on bass Tre cool- drums

I bought this when it was released for When I Come Around and Basket Case. I'm glad I did. This is a really fantastic album and Green Day is an amazing group. The jet dropping the "dookie" bombs was amazingly prescient, just missing a crown. How could they have known?

A great album that started the pop punk wave. The album I learned to play guitar to. Classic.

Highwater mark for 90s pop punk. All killer. No filler.

Meh. Not sure what the fuss is about. Fine but nothing special.

Green Day got me through grad school and I will forever be grateful to them. This album is great.

Never in my life I would expected to enjoy so much a Green Day album again, and I should give a bit of context. Green Day is one of the primordial groups that helped me to get into rock music. I use to love them and listen to their singles in YouTube in repeat. I even got myself a copy of American Idiot and a bootleg that my parents gifted me. But with time, I started to get bored of them and disliking their music to the point that it has been many years without listening to anything by them. Now, this list presented me this record, which I actually have never heard the whole thing. With a pity face, I pressed the play button on the album... and I loved it. It is super energetic, catchy and even depressing once I read the lyrics about loneliness, depression and paranoia. It is not super dark or sad, but I think Billie Joe does a great job portraying his feelings with direct messages. The riffs are and melodies are also very punchy, and the bass sounds fantastic. So yeah, incredibly surprised by this one. Not perfect material, but very much enjoyable and full of bangers.

You know what, so much of this is not the kindof music I like anymore. 3 piece rock band, guitar centric, not very genre fluid (made that up). But simultaneously... I never feel safer and happier than when I'm listening to old Green Day, as if I'm kicking back in my bedroom playing PS2 or I'm walking through the school gates dreading my biology class. They were the soundtrack for teenagers across 3 generations. Everyone can find lyrics to connect to, and the music is not too shabby either! It's scrappy, vocals a bit too quiet, but they do a lot with a little in this album. The breakdowns are fun as fuck, the drums are mental, the bass is mental and even though Billie Joe isn't exactly the best singer in the world, especially in the 90s where he sounds a bit drunk, it really fits the vibe, it's nostalgic and it never grows tiresome like a lot of other pop punk singers do. I'm think I'm gonna stick on Insomniac next. 8.5 / 10 Best track/s: Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

My first thoughts were, "Ah, fuck. Dookie?" I'm not generally a fan of punk. There's some decent stuff out there, but I typically don't reach for it. And I'm certainly not a fan of pop punk. And yet somehow I ended up with this CD back in the late 90s. "Skate park pop punk for twelve year olds," as one review called it. I actually threw it away. I didn't sell it. I tossed it. My tastes have matured since. My opinion on the genre mellowed. I know now from decades of them being part of the common culture, they really aren't that bad. So, I'll give it a fresh listen. Yeah. In the end after taking an earnest listen to it, I did appreciate it more. 2 stars.

Blah blah blah, then it comes into focus on Longview

Perfect album.

I have never actively listened to Green Day. Of course they are very famous, especially when I was growing up, so I've heard them a lot on radio and such. I honestly got nothing bad to say about them. It's very "safe" music to me. A bit nostalgic and reminds me of good times. As this is the first album I listened to from start to finish I would probably classify it as good background music. Probably would be really good driving music. But maybe if I listend to it more I will appreciate it more. I added "Welcome to Paradise" to my playlist. 3/5.

Yea

Yes

Probably over rating this because of nostalgia. But man this just brings me back to my middle school summer breaks. Listening to this at a sleep over at a friends house, up way too late. Going to the pool the next day and having it stuck in my head all day. Maybe skate boarding or playing street hockey.

Never was a huge fan, but this is a great album.

I liked the energy. Even though there were a lot of songs, they were were short and punchy so they didn't wear out their welcome. This really isn't typically my kind of thing but it won me over and I enjoyed it. It was fun and a pretty solid album.

Decent early Green Day album. Couple of hits and some decent filler.

Hell yeah

Diferente do que eu costumo ouvir, mas tem uma melodia agradável. Vou salvar para escutar mais vezes e Introduzir algumas musicas na minha playlist.

Nostalgic

Green Day has got to be one of the finest punk rock bands out there. A lot of this album slaps, and the guitar is so solidly good. Green Day makes a fun, enjoyable punk sound with rock guitar riffs--and they do it quite well. "Welcome To Paradise" sounds so much like a precursor for their American Idiot album ten years later. Dookie sounds slightly less refined than American Idiot, but that's not a bad thing. I like punk sounding raw, and I enjoy hearing Green Day's evolution. A song like "She" is not out of place in the nineties, nor by a politically-aware band like Green Day, but I find myself impressed because those kinds of songs were mostly done by the indie, female singer-songwriter types. Green Day was ahead of the curve and not afraid to be themselves, which I just adore. The only real fault this album had was how much I recoiled when I heard "When I Come Around." Being born in 1989 with older eighties-kid siblings, of course I heard that song way too much and now I literally cannot listen to it again. This is not Green Day's fault, and I will not disparage Billie Joe Armstrong. But I cannot enjoy that song, no matter how hard I try.

This album goes hard from start to finish, and doesn't let up! Green Day's first major-label album really knocked it out of the park. Not only that, but it essentially defined the entire punk-rock movement, post 1980s. It offers a solid combination of clever lyricism, great instrument work, a catchy voice from Billie Joe Armstrong, and nice harmonies. And it does so without taking itself too seriously. And truly, this album has held up all these years later.

9/10 Excellent

Ah niiiiiice!! Very glad to see this pop up and such a crucial album in my musical awakening - first live gig, started playing guitar, friendships formed and I became…..A Mosher 😱 Okay get the headphones in for this one. Full attention for my trip down memory lane. 15 tracks and 38 minutes 🔥 it’s FUCKING quality. Great production and every track just absolute firecrackers. Great song structure that keeps it fresh and so well formed. There is so much in every song and so layered. Great lyrics, energy and force. And just seemlesley flow into one another without losing an ounce of quality. I’m in love again. And I remember waiting a lifetime to load and watch the video to basket case on repeat on QuickTime Player. Probably costing my parents about £10000 in internet bills. Ahhhh the pixels… I think it’s rare for bass to be used to such great effect too. Really stands out in so many tracks. And obviously drums too 😮‍💨. And who can forget the amazing hidden track and just the general thrill of finding them on albums. What a masterpiece. Easy 5*

5/5

it doesnt even deserves 1 rating. below 1 below 0.0 worst thing i heard. disney music.

longview was cool when it came out bc it sounded a bit different from other pop. but be certain this was played more on mtv than like college radio. you know? I mean, that doesn't change the music, but it does change the framing. So I guess I'm comfortable calling this "punk" where the quotes represent mtv.

Not my jam

A classic punk album from my youth. We didn’t know then that Green Day would become an institution!

An okay album

Damn this is so not my thing. His voice is annoying and the music is grating and kind of dull.

Owned this for many years and still listen to it often. TEN STARS.

Good straight rock'n'roll!

First album I ever listened to

The amount of hits on this album is staggering. Though juvenile at times, the lyrical melody really draws you in for a captivating experience.

I don't think I've actually listened to the whole album before but every song is catchy and full of energy and makes me want to grab an instrument and play. There's not a lot of variety in the track list but it's not a big deal when it's so much fun.

It was good but didn't stand out to me

I actually bought this cassette when it came out. Longview was the big single and it sounded promising. Longview is still good. But everything else in this band’s catalog is too average. Sounded like everything else on the radio. Nothing special.

Their third album. Punk / Rock. Skate park pop punk for twelve year olds. These songs would be good for a support act at an Avril Lavigne concert. Nasal, bland and inauthentic. The production is good though.

Derivative and annoying

A bit spoiled for me having to learn most of these songs to play in covers bands! Some great songs though even if a bit repetitive at times.

SHUT UP MOM

Well , I'm late GenX, so this is my time. I always liked the Green Day singles but never felt the need to listen to their albums. If you like Basket Case, this album is for you, it's fast, melodic and sounds like a good time.

Disappointed to report that those other kids were right and that green day are better than red hot chilli peppers. Still not going to listen to this again though.

c.2002 I listened to a pirate copy of International Superhits on my CD Walkman so much that it must have put a dent in the world’s supply of AA batteries. 2years later American Idiot was out. All the boys in school wore eyeliner and gelled their hair in spikes. I steered clear of Green Day ever since. Expected to hate revisiting this. But I didn’t. Not groundbreaking but fun pop music deserving of its place on this list.

Just doesn't hit for me. 21CB and AI are core Green Day albums for me and this feels underdeveloped by comparison.

Pop Punk is just not my flavor of punk, and Green Day epitomizes the mainstreamification and therefore Pop Punkification of Punk. Which is weird, cuz I still like ska. There's a whininess that's inherent to a lot of pop punk that I just find intolerable. I was in middle school when American Idiot released. Every emo girl had it's album cover artwork everywhere: on backpacks, on notebooks, in lockers, etc. It's weird when you experience something that instantly becomes iconic on first look. However, I just didn't really like Green Day's sound. American Idiot was fine, Wake Me Up When September Ends eventually got it's hooks into me. But as a whole, I skipped it. In middle school, I knew a Baptist youth pastor who was an effeminate light skinned black guy with curly hair. The 2000's were laced with inherent homophobia and everyone just assumed he was extremely closeted. He was in his early 20's and had the pomposity of a guy who had lost his invite to the barbecue but was trying his damnedest to earn some kind of cred. For instance, he drove a motorcycle, but no one was ever convinced of any badassery. He was obsessed with befriending every teenage girl. He constantly talked about the importance of abstinence and then would then go into an emphatic rant in front of an auditorium full of teenagers about how much he likes fucking his wife. "I love having sex with my wife! Okay fellas? It's incredible! It's incredible BECAUSE we waited." He also had a seething disdain for Green Day, because they were anti-God, anti-Christian and anti-Bush. He loved to tell a story about one of the emo girls of the school approaching him and asking, "Mr. So-and-So, do you really thinks Green Day is anti-Christian?" Yes he did. So she pulled out her American Idiot CD from her backpack, broke the CD in half right in front of him and threw the case in the trash can. He said it was a beautiful, glorious moment, and we should all be so brave. (I've always been incredulous about that story. He never mentioned the girl's name and a teenager breaking a CD in the 00's sounds like music sacrilege. She'd have to go all the way to FYE and buy another one once she realized her mistake.) So that's the climate of my life during Green Day's peak popularity. I received a lot of consternation at not liking Green Day. Almost everyone with cool music taste I knew would tell me: "Oh yeah, but you've GOTTA like Dookie, right?" "Basket Case is an indisputable classic!" Now as a less pretentious adult who regularly looks back on the sheer breadth of the music of the 90's, the decade I was born from, I can say that yes, I do like Dookie. And in general I prefer 90's Green Day to 00's Green Day, although there's definitely songs from that era I like. Still not big into pop punk. This album will never be a favorite of mine. But it's high energy, sardonic, and catchy. The songs are tight. Billie Joe Armstrong isn't a great singer, but his cadence gives the simple vocal melodies a memorable flair. Tre Cool is a great drummer. Standout tracks: Longview, Welcome To Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, All By Myself is genuinely funny Pulling Teeth was also pretty cool, because it sounds like a more 90's college rock song rather than pop punk.

So many good songs Of the genre, its the classic. Personal favourite is Sassafras Roots, always been one of my favourite greeenday songs. In the end has a really great chorus FOD is great. Should close the album and get rid of All By Myself

Cool album cover. High energy, my daughter of 10 months certainly liked it. Perhaps abit repetitive.

Green day foi uma (se nao A) das minhas bandas favoritas quando adolescente. Escutar esse albúm é como relembrar um momento diferente da vida, de formacao, de entendimento. "having a blast" tem uma melodia muito gostosa.

Dookie

Just such a fun punk album all around

Dookie, Warning, and Nimrod were so fantastic that Green Day had to release a greatest hits album only 10 years after their debut album. One of the best rock bands of all time with arguably 4 albums that could be 5/5.

So many bangers. And the interstitial material is pretty solid too. Growing up, I always thought of Green Day as kinda sophomoric weak stuff, but over the course of many years, I've come to recognize their incredible value. I do think popular consensus correctly identified the best tracks here: Basketcase and When I come Around are clearly the strongest tracks but their awesomeness doesn't diminish the rest of the album, which is solid all the way through.

Not the best that Green Day has to offer, but it's still enough to get the same emotional response and headbanging.

Every single track is annoying, repetitive and pretentious as fuck. If you like this, you’re basically a moron.

Dookie by Green Day A (pop) punk album that for me feels a bit hit and miss, but boy to the hits actually hit hard. Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around, are stand outs amongst many. Few songs that seem to blend but all tell a fairly similar story. Got me thinking if this was meant to be a concept album or just representative of the time and age. 4 stars.

Lots of good songs. vocals mixed pretty low... Good album.

2 out of 5 I mean it's ok and we all liked Green Day when they came out. But they were heavily over-played and sound the same after awhile.

I’ve always liked this dudes voice. The sound of the guitar bass and voice in this album is well done. There is a bit of repetition especially in the drums and rhythm. Wish there was a bit more variation in the tracks on this album but I guess it not that kinda band

Iconic millennial punk for me.

Fine enough punk music. I enjoy it, but it isn't anything crazy or something I'm gonna put on again anytime soon. The popular tracks (Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise, Longview, When I Come Around) are really the only ones that one needs to know. I'm also not a big punk guy, so while I understand this is a seminal pop-punk record, it isn't for me.

Some fun stuff

Clásico de mi generación

Green Day launched it with this album. It’s clean, precise, enjoyable start to finish. It’s a four because American Idiot took it to the next level and deserves a 5.

Nope

Probably the album that put Green Day on the map, so it has a bit of the shock of the new, but as an album it’s far from consistent - more pockets of bright flashes.

Lowkey definitive.

Listened to this album before so nothing new. Still a great listen plus the usual pangs of nostalgia.

This is a foundational album for me and my taste in music. Easy 5/5.

Classic after classic, banger after banger. Not a true punk classic but if you're going to do pop-punk, this is how you do it people 9/10 not a ton of variety.

J’ai jamais vraiment trippé sur Green Day, je suis donc peu surpris de trouver leur album fétiche juste correct

Was not a huge fan of theirs growing up, but man this album is filled with jams. At 15 tracks and 38 minutes, none of the songs outlast their welcome. You get short, punchy songs that are full of strong guitar, bass, and drums. This was fun and I gave it a 4/5.

I started off enjoying this a fair amount but as a whole album, I found it to be kind of grating. Every song (with a few exceptions) is very similar. And that very similar sound is 90s punk. This is not a sound I enjoy

The absolute perfect blend of pop and punk. I will be back later to upgrade this to a Five later but I need a little bit more time with the lesser-known songs. The hits have aged magnificently.

Blasting drums, teenage angst (at least the vocals aren't annoying), and simple power chord progressions. Appealing to some, the album title is more an accurate label than a snarky joke to me.

Great mix of punk and pop, or maybe just melodic punk. I ignored this the first time around, but it's grown on me. Liked Songs Added: Longview Basketcase When I Come Around

This album has aged very well. It still sounds fresh in 2025. Not a bad song on here either, although I don’t think pulling teeth fits the overall flow. It has a sixties garage rock sound that just doesn’t mesh with the pop punk sound of the rest of the album. It’s like a 4.8 for me, not quite perfect but pretty damn close.

Won't listen, I can not stand Greenday even when they were good. I have listened to this album in the past it was mid at best.

Good album

Loved this for nostalgia reasons, and of course Armstrong as a bisexual icon. But not as revolutionary as I thought when I was younger

. Great album. Love Green Day

Hi I’m 40

Never my favorite 90s record, but the singles were fire.

Their best album by far !

Ugh. 1

Hectic, scream

I feel like they totally nail this style, but its always on the verge of being super terrible, which ALL modern pop-punk is, this is relatively rockishly produced, but as soon as it becomes too squeaky-clean pop, that's when it gets bad, but this isn't that at all. I feel like 'punk' is more an attitude or a cultural thing rather than strictly a musical thing and I guess by that metric, this is certainly punk. Like a lot of 90s guitar music, the elements of pop are mostly really great additions, as catchiness doesn't degrade the quality at all. The guitar parts are great tone wise, and his vocal melodies complement them really well. I feel like his singing voice is also great, but it is on the verge of being really whiny and annoying, but not quite there. Favourite songs: all but when I come around and the last one. Overall around 8/10

This genre of music does not appeal to me.

I get why it was big at the time, but it is not for me

Not for me... Sorry Kate

Parádny rock

An alright rock album. I have definitely listened to worse.

This album was the defining sound of me being 10, but I stopped listening to Green Day when they released Warning, apparently an album bad enough to taint the back catalog. So how does it hold up now, 25 years later when just about my only exposure was listening to American Idiot on this particular list? It remains a juvenile expression of juvenile angst, high energy and engaging. It's the apotheosis of This Particular Flavor of pop punk, from the affected drawl, the paint-by-numbers chordsmanship, and the consistent tempo. It's great. Maybe a little too long for my tastes today, but back in 1994, 40 minutes was a great value. Even if it were just the middle third, it'd be a deal. One thing that stands out: Basket Case doesn't. I remember it being an anthem, but it's anonymous out of the rest of the album.

Took me back

Green Day raw and at their punkiest ever and yet each track carries a level of uniqueness. Structurally similar to other Green Day albums that follow, but I think this is where the structure came into being and is at its most rawest..

threw me back to my teenage angst

It's impossible to extricate the nostalgia from the listening experience, but, man, I love this album! Propulsive, irreverent, just plain fun—garage band pop punk at its finest! Best: "Basket Case" (though "Longview" is more likely to get stuck in my head) Worst: "All by Myself" (and that's just cheating)

I had heard Basket Case and When I Come Around before this listen through. I found it really hard to enjoy the first 3 songs on the album. Green Day has their sound and those three tracks sit in the same place for me. When we got to Longview I appreciated the difference in vibe at the very least in the beginning of the song. From then on the album begins to shine a bit brighter, though there are some forgettable tracks that come up after. I had to go relisten to Sassafras Roots because I had forgotten if I had listened to it. I had come to Green Day during American Idiot and though they were never a mainstay in my musical tastes they were always on the periphery. This album in my mind exemplifies why. They are clearly competent in their music but they are some songs that are just kinda in here to be in here. The songs that feel like they are just here to be here are well produced noise. Even if it’s well produced noise I enjoy, its hard for this album to be a full 5/5 based on the fact that for me this album is destined to be dissected for a playlist, taking the bangers and leaving the mash. After the last few albums though I will say I really appreciate the brevity of these songs. They know what they are and they know when that magic wears off. They never overstay their welcome and I really appreciate that in a post Tommy listen through. Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise, and Longview are my top favorites while All By Myself makes it way to the very bottom.

While not much of a Green Day fan, can’t deny their longevity and that they made the occasional jam, Dookie being their biggest and breakout album is very much both a time capsule of its era and is inviting enough to new listeners to become fans. Overall, a solid great album with any potential low points being totally carried by the terrific and iconic hits and other more personal songs. Favorite song: Longview Disliked song; the last one

I think it’s… good. It’s nowhere near as good as American idiot, though I may be biased considering that’s one of my favorite albums. But yeah perfectly fine, not a ton more than that. Favorites: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around

Pop punk is just a genius idea. Someone sat down and thought "what if we take punk and make it more listenable?" and now we get to enjoy Longview and We are Fighting Dreamers The rest was pretty bland

Listened to this over two different occasions, coincidentally while shitting my brains out. Took me until I finished the album to realise the album name fit my predicament

Catchy and fun, spirit of rock'n'roll still alive

Hugely popular back in the day. Very catchy and clean punk pop. 3/5.

A wonderful slice of pop punk which still sounds great. So many bangers.

Love basket case

Fair album with some high spots. It's fun and where it lags it's merely because it is a fun punk album with literal slow spots. I don't want those when I have such fun driving highs.

I’d give it a million stars if I could.

Weirdly, “clean” is the word that comes to mind here. They are so tight and bright. Songs a bit same same, but a great album.

I didn't know what to make of Green Day when this album came out. I was into the grunge music of the time, and then this pretty silly and juvenile album dropped and everyone was going crazy over it. My first instinct was to ignore it, but it was fairly impossible to do at the time. Each song I heard I wanted to dislike, but they were just so damn catchy. Eventually I gave in and listened to the album and really enjoyed it, much to my dismay. And then once they got even huger with American Idiot, my kids started listening to their songs and I couldn't just see them as a guilty pleasure any more. That all being said, this is a really good album and it was enjoyable to listen to it again after all these years. There really isn't a dud on the record.

Great band and album. I remember this from my youth and even disregarding the nostalgia I still love a lot of the songs and listen to them from time to time.

Enjoyable but repetitive

Classic album

The songs all sound the same. Literal dookie

Just a wonderful album. This album (and band) found me at the right time.

These guys are great live, btw

Fun 3 chord bops, catchy hooks. A probable catalyst in getting punk into the mainstream. Although Green Day isn’t my favorite band ever, I recognize their influence on modern music and I would listen to this album again. This album doesn’t have enough dynamics I feel like, as a whole.

So damn good. This album, along with the Offspring’s “Smash” brought west coast punk rock to the world. In only 4 short years it would all almost be ruined by KISS’s 1998 destroyer of worlds “Psycho Circus”. Why god, why?!? The horror! THE HORROR!!!

seminal

Probably the first album I ever loved and has no filler. Every song is a banger including All by Myself.

This was a part America’s Britpop (AKA, the soundtrack to the cultural milieu of GenX’s 1990s)

I wasn't even born when this album was released, but I can imagine being a 14-year old kid, in my room with doors locked, blasting this on my Walkman while wearing headphones. This hit me with so much nostalgia. However, this is not my favorite Green Day album. There are some tracks that are absolute bangers, others are just meh. Might give them another listen or two though. So I'm giving this album a 4-star rating.

This was my favorite album as a kid, but it's been many years since I listened to it. I was worried listening to it again would dispel its mythical status in my head, but I was relieved to find I still loved it. I'm resisting the temptation to rate it a 5 because I know it doesn't truly deserve it (even the 4 is pushing it) but I really wanted to. 👍Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around

Svagt album - egentligen bara tre singlar typ ... Tvåa

Pop punk never had it so good. Nothing profound here, just solid musicianship, good production, perfectly propulsively attuned to youthful sensibilities. Definitively catchy.

Some very fun, catchy tunes. All by myself reminded me of After Hours by the Velvet Underground- the same naive sweetness to end a raw album.

I'm never gonna be a Green Day fanboy or anything, but there's no denying they deliver on the punk-pop, 2.5-minute, you know the chorus before it's over brand of rock and roll. Fun and edgy and somehow straight down the middle. Solid record.

Hooks and catchy melodies galore. This doesn't quite reach 5-star status for me only because it's always struck me as a bit juvenile, (and I think that's the point, but I don't have to like it). But damn, some of these tunes hit hard, and I dig the drums.

I like Longview but ultimately his voice bugs me before I get too far in any song.

Takes me back. Would be a solid 7 for nostalgia reasons. Getting 3/5. Losing a mark due to having a member with the stage name Tre Cool....his real name is Frank

The standard for what a punk album should be. Shoutout Green Day

Hard driving no nonsense punk rock.

Nice nostalgic punk pop

This one was fun, but a little superficial. Dolly put it really well and I think there was just something missing... music without a soul. I dunno, maybe I'm being unfair!

Punk

There are elements of this I like. It's fun in places, and teenagers need something to let it out with. But it just feels a bit empty to me, and did even when I was young, when it came out. I enjoyed the rhythm section this time. I didn't finish it but that's more to do with how impossibly busy I was yesterday. It's more of a 2.5.

Pop punk nostalgia! Love it. Great base and drums

I remember when musicians had fun.

Just a bunch of frustrated american schoolboys complaining about their mum.

Distinctly remember getting this one from a friend 10 CDs for a penny ad, haven’t listened to GD voluntarily in a long while. I liked how the bass and drums sounded together, particularly on Paradise.

Dookie was just an incredibly fun album. It is just a typical punk rock album with nothing all too special to help set it apart from all the others on the market but it doesn't need to. All it needed to do was just be incredibly fun and enjoyable, and this album absolutely succeeded in that. It is just a fun punk rock album with some grunge elements with the vocals. The music here is fast-paced, rebellious and just a lot of fun and as were all the other aspects. Some of the songs here are a bit overly similar to each other (which is why i prefer American Idiot over this album) but regardless, I still had enough fun with this album to give it a 4.5. Best Song: When I Come Around Worst Song: Pulling Teeth

Favorites: Burnout, Longview, Basket Case, Sassafras Roots. Makes me feel like I'm a silly teenager in 90s, who's going through it. Which was the goal, i think. The sound itches my brain and ears in a somewhat right way, but doesn't impress me that much! Lazy and kinda repetitive, honestly. Something to put in the background, just for it to drain all the other sounds around, but nothing more, you know?

my 3rd time hearing this, i love the energy on this, some great songs with good chemistry on them, i always thought green day was corny, i do kinda think so but i can’t deny this is a great record

Fresh!

very good and fun but not super sonically diverse

Always will love this album.

The assembly hall at Ordsall secondary school was classic early 60s brutalist. Stage to the north of the room, tall enough to give the teacher leading the assembly an intimidating air; an access corridor leading to the changing rooms on the west side; the south a confused multifunctional area that hosted a row of vending machines and a foosball table; then the east facade all glass, two seven foot panels and a third of maybe four feet, stretching floor to ceiling. Entirely necessary since Retford, North Notts, exists in a sort of permanently crepuscular state. As much light as you can allow in, you must. I might have only been at the school for a couple of years before I moved to Australia and it was demolished, but that hall has an outsized kind of presence in my memory. I remember sitting there in mute horror while a teacher played back CCTV footage of an assault perpetrated by a classmate on the back seats of a local bus. I remember being entirely flummoxed by a visiting drama group who seemed to actually disband before our startled eyes, shouting at each other in a way that couldn’t have possibly been role play or simulation. I got my TB jab there. I sat a series of exams in there, ones that I’d never hear the results from since I was emigrating a week later (shame, there was a creative writing exercise based on a crime syndicate I’d have liked feedback on). I ate too many Refreshers too many times. I cemented friendships passing headphones back and forth. It was in that room that I had my first properly ecstatic experience with music, too. A battle of the bands where the sixth formers traded blows through the relatively gentle means of power chords and pitchy vocals. Up on that impressively tall stage, though, they were fucking mint. I crowd surfed to a cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit and felt so brilliantly energised that if I sit still and think about it I can still feel the spark. (A recording of the night that did the rounds very clearly showed the silhouette of my 12 year old body skimming across the crowd with an utterly possessed rhythm – joy.) It was that night that I first heard Green Day’s “Basket Case”, there ably performed by local heroes Latchkey. I just hadn’t until then come across much by Green Day; we didn’t have Sky and I didn’t have an older sibling. I could’ve sung you Hybrid Theory in reverse, but Green Day didn’t seem to be much but Blink-182 without the (sic – thought I certainly didn’t think so at the time) absolutely hysterical jokes. Dead wrong. It was, in that moment and in every listen since, a magical song. The sort of self-effacing that puts a smile on your face; the sort of punk that makes more the sense the louder it’s played; the sort of song you don’t get bored of hearing. I don’t like Green Day. I might even really quite dislike Green Day. But that song (along with a couple of others on this record: “When I Come Around”, “Longview”) are undeniably special. Genre defining, epoch shaping, pop punk monoliths. It’d be something, I guess, to be reading this as one of the kids who played that night at Ordsall Hall. I’m certain not a single person who stood there, staring down at their fretboards or floor toms, thought anything they were doing could possibly mean so much to anyone who’d been there. But that’s what happens when it all comes together. As a soundtrack to the thrill of being a teenager, it’s hard to top.

Wao is it possible that I’ve finally found some tracks that have given a so specific name and energy to the feelings I once had as a teen lol

Great album

Классика. Сосите мои яйца.

This is ground zero for all of the modern pop punk I grew up with.

Not my cup of tea

Pop punk rager lots of classics some duds is what it is 3.5/5

Better than I remember but still not my thing!

Pure Pop Punk Perfection

Abrace o caos

Haven't listened to any Green Day albums in full before. When it comes to pop punk Green Day does it in a way that's not too obnoxious and quite pleasant. But most songs on this album sound quite samey. I enjoyed the vibe of this album but it's also rather meh 2/5

Great stuff from Green Day, I had this on CD when a was a wee lad.

A fun pop-punk album with a few of their most popular tracks.

Don't call this punk, it's not. They are about as punk as Avril Lavigne. Dressing up in doll clothes does not make one punk. But it is some fantastic adolescent angst power pop. Pure fun start to finish. Built for stadiums and festivals. Polished to perfection.

not as good as when i was 16. there are bangers here, yet little to no variation between songs. nevertheless, it’s nostalgic and heartwarming. 3.5/5

The band is tight and the lyrics are true and bleak, I know they were poor suburban kids in my bones. I was worried for these guys at the time, but I think they have made it to a good place. I'm glad as it makes it easier to enjoy the album.

Not gonna pretend this isn’t a banger

goated

*1994. *Longview, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, Welcome to Paradise… completely stacked. *Pop punk at its finest. *Awesome when it came out, and still hits hard. RATING - 9/10

This made my childhood fun.

good album, 4

Every once in a while, I'll check out a popular bands discography to get a better idea of their career path. Sometimes what happens is I'll listen to one of their albums and be shocked to see that it has a massive amount of hits on it. Pearl Jam's Ten or Fleetwood Mac's Rumours are good examples of this, and for today, it's Green Day's Dookie. It's truly incredible to see how many songs on this album still get regular radio play today. It's well deserved. There's a running laziness throughout these songs both in the lyrics and their delivery. Billie Joe Armstrong makes it very clear that he's bored. A lot of times just outright saying it. Where punk and grunge usually approach their criticisms of the world with anger and ferocity, Green Day meets it with apathy. They're saying, "The world sucks, I've tried everything to feel better but nothing is working, so please get me out of here." That moodiness, however, is still very punk rock in it's execution. Most of the songs rip through in under 3 minutes. You get the neverending distorted guitar riffs. Every gap is filled with the quickest snare drum fills possible. You even get groovy bass lines like the one feature in She. And most importantly, there's an immature dark humor that kills throughout the lyrics. There are songs about masterbation and suicide bombing all in the same album for crying out loud. Growing up and gaining success has naturally made Green Day stray away from these types of themes but that could be for the best. Eventually that angst subsides and you leave childish humor behind and that's okay. (Looking at you, Blink-182.) At least we still have Dookie.

Aunque Green Day me de el aire nostálgico adolescente, Dookie se me hizo un poco repetitivo y con canciones un poco vacías. No es un mal álbum, pero creo que quedo muy envuelto en la onda de su época. Mis respetos a BJ por lo icónico que es tho Favs: Chump, Welcome to Paradise

Con 15 años escuché Green Day por primera vez porque sacaron Revolution Radio y por aquel entonces me pareció el top del compromiso social en la música. Ese año, en el viaje de fin de curso a Barcelona, vi una camiseta de Dookie en una tienda y me la compré para chuleársela a los pijos de mi clase. Ellos, como yo, no habían escuchado Dookie todavía, pero sabían de sobra lo que representaba el logo de Green Day. Porque al final son un poco eso: el Mickey Mouse del rock, un ruido mainstream y asequible para nuestra parcelita de sociedad privilegiada que se las da de revolucionaria por comprarse una camiseta en Urban Outfitters. Y menos mal que existen. Porque, con suerte, se empieza por Green Day y se acaba teniendo algo de pensamiento crítico. De eso también va la música (en mi opinión). Favs: Longview, She

Y si os digo que nunca me gustó Green Day especialmente? Y no será porque no tuve mi época emo eh. No a nivel estético pero a nivel gusto musical desde luego que sí, y aún así nunca me dio por escuchar un álbum entero de Green Day. Aún así me alegro de haber corregido eso ahora. Dookie encapsula el espíritu sonoro de su época a la perfección. Es corto y ameno, aunque son 38 minutos de reiteración de la misma fórmula over and over. Los fans no necesitan nada más de una banda con una identidad tan marcada así que solo puedo decir que es un disco servicial y fácil de escuchar. Si durase más le bajaría la nota y si tuviese algún recuerdo atado a alguna canción se la subiría :_) Favs: Having a Blast, Basket Case, When I Come Around

Dookie no es un disco muy versátil, pero no es algo necesariamente malo. Lo que suena bien suena muy bien, pero tiene mucho relleno que hace que el disco termine siendo más repetitivo de lo que tiene que ser. Pero bueno, entre todo eso tiene joyitas que no me dejan ponerle menos de cuatro estrellas. Puntos extra por la nostalgia. Cosas a las que me recuerda: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (la saga entera), Doritos, Mountain Dew, la Nintendo 64, la Gamecube, la Wii, la PlayStation 1, la PlayStation 2, Malcolm in the Middle, Cartoon Network. A la playlist: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around.

Damn catchy.

One of the albums I was excited for. I love Green Day. I listened to the 30th anniversary deluxe edition. So cool to hear the alt cuts and hearing how different some of their best songs could’ve turned out.

I did it all for the Dookie

I don’t know what it is, Green Day should be a band I love but I’ve always strongly disliked. Maybe it’s the voice, maybe it’s the deep seated trauma of them being constantly on repeat during my first job - this album lives up to its name.

Fun punk rock

Great 90’s light punk

The band of my childhood. Such nostalgia listening to some of these tracks. Impeccable guitar writing. loud, noisy, unapologetic. Just really quite good.

I remember getting this through a mail order CD subscription service in the 90's. Loved some of the singles, but I grew to dislike West Coast pop punk which this album iconically made mainstream along with bands like Rancid. More a personal taste thing now

The “pop” is really doing a lot here for me in this pop punk album. I liked this, and I’m laughing because just this week I gave The Clash a low rating because I said “maybe I can only listen to 1 punk rock song before it’s just a bunch of yelling and changing.” It might be a generational thing, but I just don’t find Billy Joe Armstrong to be annoying at all.

Recognized more songs than expected

i've heard the more popular tracks, but never the full album. Burnout - 4/5 Having a Blast - 4/5 Chump - 4/5 Longview - 5/5 Welcome to Paradise - 5/5 Pulling Teeth - 4/5 Basket Case - 5/5 She - 4/5 Sassafras Roots - 4/5 When I Come Around - 5/5 Coming Clean - 3/5 Emenius Sleepus - 4/5 In the End - 3/5 F.O.D. - 3/5 Average score: 4.1/5 coming from someone who was predominantly exposed to Green Day from listening to American Idiot hundreds of times as a 10-year-old, i think they were at their prime here. the popular songs are as good as i remember them. the other tracks were alright, but likely not ones i'd come back and listen to (with the exception of a couple) now i worry American Idiot will suck ass in comparison when i hear it again later

Standout Songs: Longview Welcome to Paradise Basket Case She When I Come Around Coming Clean Enemius Sleepus In The End Really solid album. A nice change of pace from the last 2-ish weeks of slop. Always loved Green Day, and I actually have this album on CD so it was nice to re-listen to it. A lot of catchy tunes.

3/5

Dookie came out near the end of my sophomore year of college. For a solid year, Green Day seemed ubiquitous. While I liked the music well enough, it was not Nirvana. So I disregarded Green Day at the time. Cut to August 2009 and I am taking my beloved draughter to her first concert: Green Day, touring 21st Century Breakdown. They were terrific and played five songs off Dookie. (Though, does "Welcome To Paradise" belong to Kerplunk! or Dookie?) Anyway, kudos to Green Day for making it and evolving.

ah, to come back to where it all began: green day was my introduction to music. sure, i listened to what my folks played in the car or in the house, but green day was the first band i got into as a free agent with an internet connection (though, i do have a hazy memory of sitting down with my dad at the family computer and looking at itunes after i had made some declarative statement about getting into music / finding something to listen to, and he suggested green day). from green day i generally stuck with the broad category of alternative rock, though that in and of itself was all over the place because i'd listen to / buy whatever songs in the rock category itunes had on sale - i remember listening to flogging molly, weird al, obscure australian indie bands that started a lifelong affair for australian indie music (teenagersintokyo, mercy arms, lost valentinos), and panda bear because - being [redacted] years old - i thought anyone with the name panda bear must make good music. green day isn't too shabby a start, if i do say so myself, and i find myself appreciating this album a lot more than i did when i was [redacted] years old. like, genuinely: this album sounds a lot better than i remember it being. especially when you hit longview and get to the meat and potatoes of this album. i was anticipating giving this a nostalgia tinted 4 stars, but it lands as a solid 5 star album. also, shout out to progressive and bisexual king billie joe. didn't quite catch the lyrics to basket case before: I went to a shrink, to analyze my dreams She said it's lack of sex that's bringing me down I went to a whore, he said my life's a bore So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down highlights - burnout, having a blast, longview, welcome to paradise, pulling teeth, basket case, when i come around, in the end

Caly album brzmi tak samo

unimaginative. i cannot be assed writing a whole review. in my opinion 'pop punk' will never be a genre, it makes no sense.

One of my all time favorites, the first cassette I ever owned and probably what made me the rock fan that I am today

Can an album be great but not very good? Maybe it suffers from familiarity? Great songs but so repetitive, you hear the singles, you got it all

Best pop punk album committed to tape? I think so. All By Myself & FOD are a poor end

I'm listening to this while taking a dookie.

Do I even need to say anything

Great album, solid songs with a great meaning and highly relatable

Green Day retains their punk edge of previous albums while writing catchy, anthemic sing-alongs that stand as incredibly relatable documents of what growing up feels like, and an impressive pop punk statement. Every track rules.

One of the definitive albums of the 90s. Lotsa fun. Green Day's only good album.

Great album tons of fun songs

even though i have a soft spot for this sort of thing (prefer weezer though) i can't help but feel the album is very samey. i don't wan to say derivative, but most of the songs do sound very similar

Even though it's not the first Green Day record, it "feels" like the first. I have no time context for this one, but feels like it opened doors, for the public and for other artists in the genre. I am not the biggest fan of Green Day and pop punk, but I do admit it has some high moments, for what the songs are. It has "Longview", "When I Come Around", and "Basketcase", some huge hits so it gets a small ratings bump. Overall, a good album, and one I will probably listen to again in some time.

dookie🔥🔥🔥🔥act never listened to this fully even tho i saw them in concert so this was awesome great vibes all around